International ice hockey competition
2000 IIHF World U18 Championship Host country Switzerland Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Dates April 14–24, 2000 Teams 10 Champions Finland (2nd title) Runner-up Russia Third place Sweden Fourth place Switzerland Games played 31 Goals scored 216 (6.97 per game) Attendance 33,988 (1,096 per game) Scoring leader(s) Yegor Shastin (11 points)
The 2000 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kloten and Weinfelden , Switzerland . The championships ran between April 14 and April 24, 2000. Games were played at Eishalle Schluefweg in Kloten and Sportanlage Güttingersreuti in Weinfelden. Finland defeated Russia 3–1 in the final to win the gold medal, while Sweden defeated Switzerland 7–1 to capture the bronze medal.
Championship results [ edit ] Preliminary round [ edit ] Group A [ edit ] Group B [ edit ] Relegation Round [ edit ] Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
Final round [ edit ] Quarterfinals [ edit ] Semifinals [ edit ] Fifth place game [ edit ] Bronze medal game [ edit ] Gold medal game [ edit ] Final standings [ edit ] Belarus is relegated to Division I for the 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships .
Scoring leaders [ edit ] Source: IIHF [1]
Goaltending leaders [ edit ] (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Source: IIHF[2]
Group B [ edit ] First round [ edit ] Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts JPN NOR ITA DEN 1 Japan 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 5 3–2 3–3 3–0 2 Norway 3 2 0 1 19 8 +11 4 2–3 8–1 9–4 3 Italy 3 1 1 1 9 15 −6 3 3–3 1–8 5–4 4 Denmark 3 0 0 3 8 17 −9 0 0–3 4–9 4–5
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AUT LAT POL FRA 1 Austria 3 2 1 0 14 8 +6 5 3–3 5–4 6–1 2 Latvia 3 1 2 0 12 10 +2 4 3–3 4–4 5–3 3 Poland 3 1 1 1 13 13 0 3 4–5 4–4 5–4 4 France 3 0 0 3 8 16 −8 0 1–6 3–5 4–5
Final round [ edit ] 5th-8th place Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts DEN ITA POL FRA 1 Denmark 3 2 0 1 18 12 +6 4 (4–5) 9–4 5–3 2 Italy 3 2 0 1 11 8 +3 4 (5–4) 2–3 4–1 3 Poland 3 2 0 1 12 15 −3 4 4–9 3–2 (5–4) 4 France 3 0 0 3 8 14 −6 0 3–5 1–4 (4–5)
1st-4th place Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts NOR AUT LAT JPN 1 Norway 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 4 3–2 5–2 (2–3) 2 Austria 3 1 1 1 10 8 +2 3 2–3 (3–3) 5–2 3 Latvia 3 1 1 1 10 10 0 3 2–5 (3–3) 5–2 4 Japan 3 1 0 2 7 12 −5 2 (3–2) 2–5 2–5
Final ranking [ edit ] Rank Team 1 Norway 2 Austria 3 Latvia 4 Japan 5 Denmark 6 Italy 7 Poland 8 France
European Championships Division I [ edit ] First round [ edit ] Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts EST HUN LTU ESP 1 Estonia 3 3 0 0 21 7 +14 6 6–5 7–1 8–1 2 Hungary 3 2 0 1 24 13 +11 4 5–6 9–3 10–4 3 Lithuania 3 1 0 2 14 23 −9 2 1–7 3–9 10–7 4 Spain 3 0 0 3 12 28 −16 0 1–8 4–10 7–10
Placing round [ edit ] 7th place 24 March 2000 Maribor Romania – Spain 7:2 (2:0,4:1,1:1) 5th place 24 March 2000 Maribor Great Britain – Lithuania 5:4 n.P. (1:2,2:1,1:1,0:0,1:0) 3rd place 24 March 2000 Maribor Slovenia – Hungary 13:0 (4:0,4:0,5:0) Final 24 March 2000 Maribor Kazakhstan – Estonia 4:2 (1:1,2:1,1:0)
European Championships Division II Qualification [ edit ] Group A (in Reykjavík, Iceland) [ edit ] Group B (in Sofia, Bulgaria) [ edit ] European Championships Division II [ edit ] First round [ edit ] Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CRO BUL LUX 1 Croatia 2 2 0 0 38 0 +38 4 18–0 20–0 2 Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 3 20 −17 2 0–18 3–2 3 Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 2 23 −21 0 0–20 2–3
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts YUG ISR ISL 1 Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 13 10 +3 4 8–6 5–4 2 Israel 2 1 0 1 10 10 0 2 6–8 4–2 3 Iceland 2 0 0 2 6 9 −3 0 4–5 2–4
Placing round [ edit ] 4th-6th place Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BEL ISR BUL 1 Belgium 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 4 5–3 8–0 2 Israel 2 1 0 1 10 9 +1 2 3–5 7–4 3 Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 4 15 −11 0 0–8 4–7
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